Donkey Kong 3

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IGN	6/10

Donkey Kong 3

Original title

ドンキーコング 3

transcription

Donkī Kongu Surī

Studio

Nintendo Research & Development 1

Erstveröffent-
lichung

Arcade :
1983
NES / Famicom : July 4, 1984 June 1986 September 15, 1987

platform

Nintendo Entertainment System , Family Computer , Famicom Disk System

Game mode

Gamepad , joystick

Donkey Kong 3 ( Jap. : ドンキーコング3 , Hepburn : Donkī Kongu Suri ) is a shoot-'em-up - arcade game , which in 1983 by Nintendo's development studio Nintendo Research & Development 1 was developed. It is the successor to Donkey Kong Jr. and was later ported to the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and the Family Computer (Famicom). It is the last offshoot of a three-part series of Donkey Kong arcade games and, according to some testers, is very different from its predecessors. The game could not build on the success of the first part of the series, Donkey Kong .

Gameplay

Donkey Kong 3 is a shoot 'em up game that takes ideas from Space Firebird , a previous Nintendo arcade game, and puts them in a new setting. Donkey Kong hangs from vines in the center of the screen in Donkey Kong 3, and the player-controlled Stanley the exterminator runs and jumps on platforms below him. Stanley can fire bug spray on Donkey Kong as well as bugs flying through the levels. A level is completed when Donkey Kong is forced to climb to the top of the screen because he is constantly being sprayed with bug spray, or by killing all of the insects. A super spray can will fall on the vines when Donkey Kong is chased high enough. The super spray only lasts for a limited time and makes Donkey Kong climb to the top much faster, making it easier to complete the level. It only arises at the beginning of every attempt. The insects include queen bees, which when destroyed, disintegrate into deadly pieces, butterflies, beetles, moths and vine-eaters. Some of the insects try to pick up the flowers at the bottom of the screen and carry them away. Lost flowers reduce the bonus at the end of a level.

There are a total of three levels in a fixed order, which are repeated after the game has ended.

action

In the game, the player controls the greenhouse gardener Stanley , who has to drive Donkey Kong up a greenhouse with his spray gun while the latter constantly scares off insects that attack Stanley. Due to the spray gun, the game contains shoot-'em-up elements.

Successor, porting and new releases

successor

In 1984 Hudson Soft developed an unofficial successor to Donkey Kong 3 for the game consoles NEC PC-8801, NEC PC-6601, Sharp X1 and FM-7 with the title Donkey Kong 3: The Great Counterattack (Japanese: ドンキーコング3 大逆襲, Hepburn: Donkī Kongu Surī Dai Gyakushū ) The game differs considerably from the original. While keeping the bug spray from the original game that blew up Donkey Kong, it features 20 new outdoor backgrounds, including a bridge , the planet Saturn , a desert , a pyramid and a highway . After the player has completed the 20th level, the game begins in level 21 before the front. Stanley can only move from left to right and cannot jump.

For decades, Donkey Kong 3: The Great Counterattack was virtually inaccessible to the video game community outside of Japan. In December 2017, a rare copy of the Sharp X1 version was released by fans on Yahoo! Auctions acquired. In February 2018, the game was made available to the rest of the world via emulation .

Game & Watch port

Game & Watch with the game Donkey Kong 3

A Game & Watch version of the game has a different gameplay . In this version, player 1 controls Stanley and the computer (or player 2) Donkey Kong in a duel against each other by spraying with aerosol cans to move the bees to the other side and get the bees to sting their opponents. Players can spray up to three times with their spray can, if the tank is empty, it has to be refilled. A version of this game was included in the Game & Watch Gallery 4 game for the Game Boy Advance , but with Mario instead of Stanley and a Buu Huu and a fireball instead of the bees.

New releases

The NES version of Donkey Kong 3 was released for the Virtual Console on the Wii , Nintendo 3DS and Wii U , while the arcade version was released on the Nintendo eShop of the Nintendo Switch as part of Hamster's Arcade Archives series. The game also appeared in the exclusively for members of Nintendo Switch Online available for free from the Nintendo eShop of the Nintendo Switch downloadable application Nintendo Entertainment System - Nintendo Switch online .

reception

The reviews of Donkey Kong 3 were for the most part mixed. IGN rated the game 6.0 out of a possible 10.

UK-based video game magazine Computer and Video Games claimed that "fast action and superior sound effects" made Donkey Kong 3 a "sure hit" in arcade - Halls.

Nintendo Life judged that Donkey Kong 3 is fundamentally different in gameplay from its predecessors.

Trivia

The game can be unlocked in Animal Crossing for the Nintendo GameCube .
A trophy from Stanley, the protagonist of the game, can be unlocked in Super Smash Bros. Melee for the Nintendo GameCube.

Web links

Official entry at nintendo.de

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Nintendo Life: Donkey Kong December 3 , 2013, accessed September 8, 2019 (UK English).

↑ 020 - DONKEY KONG 3. Retrieved September 28, 2019 .

↑ Donkey Kong 3: 34 year old game still released. February 26, 2018, accessed September 28, 2019 .

↑ Chris Kohler: You Can Finally Play A Long-Lost Donkey Kong Game. In: kotaku.de. February 25, 2018, accessed September 19, 2019 .

↑ Nintendo Life: Donkey Kong December 3 , 2013, accessed September 20, 2019 (British English).

↑ Arcade Archives DONKEY KONG 3 for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Game Details. Retrieved September 27, 2019 (American English).

↑ Original treaties and international agreements registered during the month of August 2008: Nos. 45144 to 45203. December 31, 2008, accessed September 8, 2019 .

^ The Father of Modern Video Games . In: Shigeru Miyamoto: Super Mario Bros., Donkey Kong, The Legend of Zelda . Bloomsbury Academic, ISBN 978-1-62892-468-8 , doi : 10.5040 / 9781501312779.0006 .

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[2] 020 - DONKEY KONG 3. Retrieved September 28, 2019 .

[3] Donkey Kong 3: 34 year old game still released. February 26, 2018, accessed September 28, 2019 .

[4] Chris Kohler: You Can Finally Play A Long-Lost Donkey Kong Game. In: kotaku.de. February 25, 2018, accessed September 19, 2019 .

[5] Nintendo Life: Donkey Kong December 3 , 2013, accessed September 20, 2019 (British English).

[6] Arcade Archives DONKEY KONG 3 for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Game Details. Retrieved September 27, 2019 (American English).

[7] Original treaties and international agreements registered during the month of August 2008: Nos. 45144 to 45203. December 31, 2008, accessed September 8, 2019 .

[8] The Father of Modern Video Games . In: Shigeru Miyamoto: Super Mario Bros., Donkey Kong, The Legend of Zelda . Bloomsbury Academic, ISBN 978-1-62892-468-8 , doi : 10.5040 / 9781501312779.0006 .